Claire Cummings in conversation with Stephen Elam, Partner at CYK.

Hear about the FCA’s financial promotion regime, including how it applies to cryptoassets 

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In this edition of the Hugely Popular Cummings Pepperdine Crypto Questions, Claire Cummings is joined by Sean Kiernan, Founder and CEO of Greengage. 

Claire and Sean dive into who Greengage are, what they offer, their personal approach to their business and how the tech they’ve developed supports them.
 

Sean Kiernan is the Founder and CEO of Greengage, a digital finance pioneer. He has extensive experience in financial services, having worked in various executive management positions. He founded Greengage after working at the first bank in the world to offer crypto products to clients, Falcon Private Bank, where he served as the COO and Interim CEO of the London operation until leaving to establish Greengage.  Prior to that he held management positions at Clariden Leu, a division of Credit Suisse, and Zurich Financial Services. Mr Kiernan has an MBA from the University of St. Gallen and a BSc from Georgetown University.

Contact Greengage: 

Email [email protected]

Website: www.greengage.co 

Podcast, The Gage https://greengage.co/our-thinking/podcasts 

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In this edition of the Hugely Popular Cummings Pepperdine Crypto Questions, we revisit the first episode where Claire Cummings is joined by Ian Gobin, Partner for Cummings Pepperdine and they talk about the issues with what to watch out for when you’re setting up a Crypto Asset Fund.

Claire and Ian discuss risk warnings, fund custodians, valuations, insurance and bank accounts for your crypto fund.

The topic is as relevant now as it was when it was first recorded.

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In this edition of the Hugely Popular Cummings Pepperdine Crypto Questions, Claire Cummings is joined by Andrew Shrimpton, Chair, UK Regulatory & Compliance Solutions at IQEQ, and are talking about AIFMD which affects every kind of fund.

They discuss what AIFMD purpose is, how you can market under AIFMD, the differences between being inside and outside of the UK and new regulations that have been developed for post-Brexit Britain.

You can contact Andrew by email - [email protected]

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Andrew’s Blog - The FCA’s new ‘anti-greenwashing’ rule – are you ready? - IQ-EQ (iqeq.com)

UK asset managers – climate disclosure deadlines are fast approaching - IQ-EQ (iqeq.com)

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In this edition of the Hugely Popular Cummings Pepperdine Crypto Questions, partner Ian Gobin is joined by American Businessman and Executive and entrepreneur, John D’Agostino. John is a senior advisor to Coinbase and chairman of the US Asset Management Committee for the Department of International Trade.

 Fun fact, his story was the focus of the book Rigged: The True Story of a Wall Street Novice who Changed the World of Oil Forever.   

Listen to their discussion on the Crypto Market and where it’s heading, issues for Crypto in the US relating to Elizabeth Warren and Chairman Gensler. Breaking down misconceptions and misunderstandings of what Crypto is and John’s thoughts around what he’s hoping to happen with Crypto over the summer.

John D'Agostino - LinkedIn 

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In this edition of the Hugely Popular Cummings Pepperdine Crypto Questions, we learn how to tokenise a fund with Danielle Faul of Hash Directors in Cayman, director of a tokenised fund.

Claire and Danielle talk tokenised funds; what they are, why would you tokenise your funds and the different structures and quirks that are out there.

To find out more about Danielle Faul and Hash Directors in Cayman, visit https://hash.direct/

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In the latest episode of the hugely popular Cummings Pepperdine's Crypto Questions, we talk to Suzanne Morsfield from Lukka.

Suzanne gives an overview of the Fair Market Value for Crypto and the considerations needed. She covers the following:

· Crypto Ecosystems snapshot

· Trusted data foundation

· Fair Market value

Find out more about Lukka, visit 

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You can connect with Suzanne on LinkedIn here

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Recent events have demonstrated only too clearly what we all know - that for the crypto market to succeed, all players need to have passed robust vetting processes. This applies to both sides of every trade.

In our webinar we explain how to build vetting into your structure, from set-up to trading and onward.

Join us and learn how to protect your business and your profitability. Essential listening from Cummings Pepperdine.

Live recording made  on 22nd March 2023 with co-hosts Doug Schwenk, CEO at Digital Asset Research, and Alex Royle, head of regulatory Afairs and compliance for EMEA Galaxy.

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In the latest episode of the hugely popular Cummings Pepperdine's Crypto Questions, we dive into the world of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and how they are shaking up the virtual asset space. Today's expert guest is Edward Noyons.

Edward is director of the web3 consultancy firm, Marfire and co-Founder of the professional service provider, Autonomous.

Connect with Edward here.

Essential listening for the crypto funds industry.
 
Covered in today's episode:

- Introduction to Web3 and digital asset-focused DAOs
- The concept of a ‘perfect’ DAO and its decentralized decision-making
- Advantages and challenges of DAOs
- Types of DAOs and their functions, e.g. protocol, grant, social/collector/venture DAOs
- Examples of DAOs in action, e.g. Constitution DAO, Links DAO
- Legal structuring for DAOs and the use of foundation companies
- Regulation of DAOs and the role of service providers in the Cayman Islands
- Roles needed for a foundation company to exist/function and their availability in the Cayman Islands
- Services offered by Marfire and Autonomous

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Welcome to this edition of our hugely popular Crypto Questions with Cummings Pepperdine.

In this episode we talk to Joseph Edwards, head of research at Enigma Securities,  about the importance of liquidity in crypto funds.

Essential listening for the crypto currency industry.

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